Quotes about lying
lying church purpose
The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. John Stott
lying heart essence
Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion. The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.
lying military flower
You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much importance. Most of your orders will be unpleasant, but that's not your business. They should've trained you for this, and not for flower-strewn streets. They should have built your soul with truth, not led along with lies. John Steinbeck
lying littles lennie
Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.
lying people accounts
There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.
lying mean writing
If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced that there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes but by no means always find the way to do it.
lying believe thinking
You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it. John Simm
lying insecure mirrors
Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and self-absorption. But these images do not capture the anxiety behind our search for mirrors. We are insecure in our understanding of ourselves, and this insecurity breeds a new preoccupation with the question of who we are. We search for ways to see ourselves. The computer is a new mirror, the first psychological machine. Beyond its nature as an analytical engine lies its second nature as an evocative object. Sherry Turkle
lying writing thinking
I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others. Sherwood Anderson
lying believe promise
Lie to me, I promise to believe. Lie to me, but please don't leave. Sheryl Crow
lying gun sea
What’s the gun for? (Leta) I would lie and say it’s for bears or snakes, but mostly I use it for trespassers. (Aiden) Wow, Dexter, I’m impressed. Since we’re not in Miami and you haven’t a boat to hide the hacked-up bodies at sea, where are you keeping them? (Leta) Sherrilyn Kenyon
lying giving silence
I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb
lying thinking hunting
Guys, we’re so screwed. The women know we didn’t go hunting. (Kyrian) You think? What idiot came up with that lie? (Zarek) I’m not an idiot. And it’s not like I lied. I just omitted what exactly we were hunting and where we were doing it. (Talon) Like your wives wouldn’t know better? When was the last time Mr. Armani hunted something that didn’t have a price tag on it? Oh, and the loafers and trousers are perfect camouflage. (Zarek)
lying talking games
I have spoken to Paul and he is now talking to his family and seeing where his future lies, whether it be here or back in Scotland, said Worthington. Obviously I'm delighted with the way he played today and also the way he performed at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday when he only knew he would be playing 15 minutes before the game. Nigel Worthington
lying ducks guests
Tension translates to your guests. They'll have a much better time having chili and baked potatoes than they would if you did roast duck with a wild cherry sauce and then had to lie down and cry for a while. Nigella Lawson
lying blood soul
My arms are up to the elbows in blood. That is the most terrible thing that lies in my soul. Nikita Khrushchev
lying hypocrisy modesty
Of lies, false modesty is the most decent. Nicolas Chamfort
lying love-life thinking
If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion. Nick Vujicic
lying thinking not-good-enough
If the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.
lying thinking not-good-enough
It's a lie to think you're not good enough. It's a lie to think you're not worth anything.
lying glasses church
Trinity Park lies directly across from the library, Trinity Church rising like a midieval thought amidst the glass and steel towers. Nick Flynn
lying writing decision
Each decision - to kill, to sign a petition, to write a letter, to make a speech, to attack, to lie, to surrender - was made at some point in somebody's day. Nicholson Baker
lying naked tourists
I'd rather lie bare-assed naked on the sidewalk and be trampled by tourists from South Dakota than be an accountant. Nora Roberts
lying men creative
Creativeness is liberation from slavery. Man is free when he finds himself in a state of creative activity. Creativeness leads to ecstasy of the moment. The products of creativeness are within time, but the creative act itself lies outside time. Nikolai Berdyaev
lying two turtles
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die Nikolai Gogol
lying boys grandfather
My grandfather always told me that it is no good lying on a hospital bed saying, 'I had the right of way', ... That's one of the reasons I was so pleased that the boys could do the IAM test as well. Nigel Mansell
lying writing ideas
No, I don't harbor any mystical ideas about writing, Your Honor, it's work like any other kind of craft; the power of literature, I've always thought, lies in how willful the act of making it is. Nicole Krauss
lying safe way
Take one, and you cannot take the other," she said. "But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of hard truths or the way of fine lies? Neil Gaiman
lying growing may
My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal Nassim Nicholas Taleb
lying people tears
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears
lying book world
Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there. Myrtle Reed
lying apology differences
Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. Mort Sahl
lying coping-mechanisms survival
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. Monica Raymund